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attended the wedding. At twenty minutes to seven we left Cedar City for Parowan in two carriages--one drawn by four horses, the other by two. As we started, a salute was fired with guns which echoed through the mountains, and the city had the appearance of a joyfid mom by the inhabitants being collected together to see us set off and giving us three cheers as we started. Soon after we left we saw it storming north and northwest; it came within a very short distance of us and continued to storm all around us nearly all the way to Parowan. About one mile before we got there the tire of one of the wheels of Brother Wood's carriage came off. It detained us about twenty minutes. We arrived at Parowan at twenty minutes past nine o'clock-a distance of twenty miles. We were met at the &ages by President John L. Smith and invited into his house. Henry and Ellen were married at 114 to twelve in the morning by Bishop Lewis. Before the ceremony we sang the 40th Hymn, and after it we sang Redeemer o Israel. After the marriage they were f blessed by the brethren with the richest of heaven's blessings. We breakfasted [actually, it was lunch] with the John D. Lees and left Parowan accompanied by another carriage containing President John L. Smith, Bishop Lewis, John D. Lee, and four ladies. Anived at Cedar City at 4 o'clock when our ears were deafened with the cheering of the Saints and firing of guns. When we arrived at the assembly rooms there was a sumptuous feast prepared for about 150 persons. After d i ~ e a number of the brethren were r amusing themselves in the center of the Fort by running races, jumping, etc. Shortly after, dancing commenced and was continued until four o'clock in the morning; a great variety of songs were sung and
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| Title | Henry Lunt: biography and history of the development of Southern Utah and settling of Colonia Pacheco, Mexico |
| Creator | Jones, Evelyn K. |
| Subject | Lunt, Henry, 1824-1902; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History |
| Description | Biography of Henry Lunt, including the early settlement of Cedar City, Utah and establishment of the Iron Works. |
| Source | Henry Lunt |
| Date Digital | 2008-01 |
| Date Original | 1996 |
| Type | Image; Still image |
| Format | image/pdf |
| Digitization Specs | JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner. |
| Contributing Institution | Digitized by: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah |
| Contributors | Researched by: Jones, York F., 1925- |
| Publisher | Published by the author: Jones, Evelyn K. |
| Language | eng |
| Genre | Biography |
| Website | http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/lunt.html |
| Rights Management | Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved. |
| CONTENTdm file name | 1072.cpd |
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